Der schwarze Abt

1963
1h 35m

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Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who ma... Read allSeveral employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.

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The first cut of the film was given a "FSK 16" rating. To achieve a commercially more attractive "12" rating, two shots of violence depicting the kidnapping of Leslie Gine and the death of Lord Harry Chelford under masses of stones, were removed. Both scenes were re-edited into the film for the 2004 German DVD-Release by Universum Film.

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Arthur Gine: Now why does Lord Chelford keep that dick Alfred around?

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Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Black Abbot (1971)

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8/10

Excellent West German "Gruselkrimi" with Joachim FUCHSBERGER, Grit BÖTTCHER and Dieter BORSCHE

The Austrian director Franz Josef GOTTLIEB was known to many who grew up in the 1980s for his excellent youth series such as MANNI, DER LIBERO (1982) and MANDARA (1983), but he was certainly not a gifted filmmaker. Nevertheless, in the 1960s he was allowed to make a few of the horror thrillers that were very popular in German-speaking countries at the time. The best of his is certainly the Edgar Wallace film DER SCHWARZE ABT, which came out in 1963.

Shot at Herdringen Castle (near Arnsberg) and in Klein-Glienicke Park (on Berlin's Wannsee), this black-and-white film is characterized by a spooky, beautiful atmosphere. A genuine horror thriller, straight out of the textbook. In the cast list you stumble across veterans of the Wallace crime series such as Joachim FUCHSBERGER, Werner PETERS, Eddi ARENT and of course Klaus KINSKI. Eva Ingeborg SCHOLZ and Alice TREFF make one-off guest appearances. Charles REGNIER can be seen as the investigating inspector in this film.

Dieter BORSCHE, who in the 1950s was the great love interest in the films of West German mega-stars Maria SCHELL and Ruth LEUWERIK, once again makes a brilliant appearance as the opaque lord of the castle. The damsel in distress is played by the wonderful Grit BÖTTCHER, who has to endure a lot in this Wallace classic. Grit BÖTTCHER's colorful second appearance in a Wallace horror thriller is also unforgettable: THE COLLEGE GIRL MURDERS (1967).

Highly recommended entry in the popular film series!